Wheel-holder.



No. 820,579. PATENTEDMAY 15, 1906. 0. G. KLEIN.

WHEEL HOLDER.

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0. G. KLEIN.

WHEEL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 31, 1905.

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WHEEL-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

iatented May 15, 1906.

Application filed October 31, 1905. Serial No. 285,329.

case the wheel needs re-tiring or other repairs or for any other purpose.

The invention consists, essentially, of a supporting-framework provided with longitudinally movable and rotatable arms having hooks at their upper ends and means whereby the operator may by a simple movement of a hand or foot lever or treadle depress the arms and also turn them, so as to cause their hooks to engage over spokes of the wheel to clamp it firmly to the supporting-framework in position to be operated For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a wheel applied to the holder. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken on a line above the spider that carries the clamping-arms. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the device without a wheel applied thereto. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken on a line above the gearing connection of the clamping-arms with their actuating-ring.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followin description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawings, the referencenumeral 1 designates the supporting-framework of my device,'the same in the present instance consisting of four standards or supporting-legs 2, connected together at their upper ends by a horizontal frame consisting of cross-beams 3 and also secured together below the beams 3 with transverse braces 4, which, in addition to their bracing function, constitute supporting seats or guides for parts of the mechanism hereinafter described. Preferably the supporting-legs 2 and the braces and guiding-seats 4 are formed of angle-iron securely riveted together, and the braces 4 are preferably L-shaped with inwardly: extending horizontal portions 5.

Mounted within the framework 1 is a vertical spindle or rod 6, extending preferably from top to bottom thereof, and on said rod below the upper cross-bars of the framework there is rigidly secured a spider 7, the same in the present instance comprising four radial arms 8, apertured at their outer ends, as indicated at 9. Each one of the arms carries at its outer end a clamping-arm 10 in the form of a rod securely (as against longitudinal movement) held in the aperture 9 and provided at its upper end with a curved portion constituting substantially a hook 11, which is preferably covered with a textile sleeve 12. Helical springs 13 encircle the arms 10 below the radial arms f the spider 7 and rest with their lower ends on the inwardly-extending portions 5 of the transverse braces 4, and the arms or rods 10 extend downwardly through said portions 5 and are provided at their lower ends withpinions 14. The arms 10 have bearing also in apertures in the upper cross-beams 3.

The pinions 14 mesh with gear-teeth 15 on the periphery of a ring 16, carried by a spider 17, which latter is rigidly secured to the spindle or rod 6. The rod 6 at its lower end has a lever 18 secured thereto, and said lever in the present instance constitutes a foottreadle having at one end a loop 19 through which the operator may insert his foot and having also near said end a laterally-extending plate 20, forming a dog designed to engage any one of avertical series of notches 21 in the lower end of an adjacent leg 2. Two of the legs 2 are connected together at their lower end by a diagonal bar 22, which is apertured to receive the lower end of the rod 6. The opposite end of the lever 18 is fulcrumed on an upwardly-inclined arm 23, projecting from a sleeve 24, encircling the lower end of the rod 6, said sleeve being provided with an outwardly-extending plate 25, to which a securing-clamp 26 is attached, said clamp being designed to fasten its attached parts to the floor or some other convenient part.

The upper end of the framework 1 is pro vided with opposite pairs of upwardly-facing brackets 27, designed to receive supportingbars 28 to support those portions of a wheel which extend outwardly beyond the side margin of the framework. The bars 28 rest detachably in their brackets and are espe- IIO cially designed for use when a wheel is being operated upon for the purpose ofsetting the tires.

In the practical operation of the device the wheel to be operated upon is supported onthe framework, the hub of the wheel receiving the upper end of the actuating-rod 6, and the hooks 12 normally facing outwardly and the spokes of the wheel lying contiguous to adjacent clamping-arms 10 below the hooks 12 thereof. The operator by moving the treadle 18 horizontally causes the rotation of the actuating-rod 6 while the parts are still in an elevated position, and this results in revolving the ring 16, so as to cause, through the instrumentality of the teeth 15 and pinions 1 1, rotation of the clampingarms 10, so as to turn their hooks around to lie over the adjacent spokes. Then by depressing the foot-treadle 18 the actuatingrod 6 is likewise depressed, carrying the ring 16, the arms 10, and the spider 7 with it,

' thereby causing the springs 13 .to be compressed and the hooks 12' to bind tightly over and against the adjacent spokes of the wheel. In this manner the wheel is firmly clamped in position and may be retained so by the operator engaging the dog 20 of the foot-treadle 18 with one of the notches 21 of an adjacent supporting-leg 2. In the downward movement of the parts to clamp the wheel the helical springs 13 are compressed between the outer ends of the spider-arms and the inwardly-extending portions 5 of the transverse braces 4. Consequently when the operator releases the foot-treadle 18 from its locking engagement with one of the sup porting-legs 2 the said springs maybe allowed to expand and move the actuating-rod 6 an its concomitant parts upwardly to release the hooks from the wheel, and then by turning the foot-treadle in a horizontal plane the clamping-arms 10 may be rotated axially, so that the wheel may be readily moved off the supporting-frame.

From the foregoing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seenthat I have provided a simple and efficient wheel holder by which the wheelwright may, through a simple movement of one foot-treadle, actuate the clamping-rods to depress the same and turn them to bind their hooks against the spokes of the wheel to be operated upon, and that the wheel may be readily released by the simple disengagement of the foot-treadle from its retaining-notches.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In a device of the character described, the combination of a supportingframework, clamping-arms longitudinally movable and rotatable in said framework, and an actuating-rod arranged to move said arms both longitudinally and also rotate the same.

2. In a device of the characterdescribed ed in said support, rotatable clamping-arms I carried by said rod, and gearing connecting said rod with said arms, whereby the arms maybe depressed and rotated by the said rod.

4. A device of the character described comprising a supporting-framework, an actuatingrod mounted therein and movable longitudinally and rotatable and provided with a gearring, a spider mounted on said rod, clampingarms carried by said spider and rotatable therein, said. arms carrying pinions meshing with said gear-ring, and a lever arranged to depress and turn said actuating-rod for the purpose set forth.

5. A device of the character described comprising a supporting-framework, an actuatingrod mounted therein and movable longitudinally and rotatable and provided with a gearring, a spider mounted on said rod, clampingarms carried by said spider and rotatable therein, said arms carrylng pinlons meshing with said gear-ring, a lever arranged to depress and turn said actuating-rod, and springs designed to press said actuating rod upwardly for the purpose set forth.

6. A device of the character described comprising a supporting-framework, a longitudi- IOO nally movable and rotatable actuating-rod mounted therein, a gear-ring carried by said rod, a spider mounted on said rod above the gear-ring, clamping-arms provided at their upper ends with hooks and mounted to move vertically with said spider and rotatable therein, the lower ends of said arms being provided with pinions meshing with said gearring, a foot-treadle designed to move said actuating-rod longitudinally and rotatably and designed for locking engagement with the framework, and springs encircling said arms and located between said spider and an adjacent portion of the framework whereby to press the spider and actuating-rod upwardly.

7. A device of the character described comprising a framework, transverse braces secured to said framework andv provided with laterally-extending apertured portions, an actuating-rod in said framework, said rod being movable longitudinally and rotatable, a gear-ring secured to said rod, a spider also secured to said rod above said gear-ring,

clamping-arms carried by said framework and the apertures of the laterally-extending portions of the transverse braces and provided at their outer ends with hooks, helical springs encircling said arms and bearing against the arms of the spider and the laterally-extending portions of the braces, a lever connected to said actuating-rod and designed to move the same, and a dog secured to said lever, there being provided means on the framework to engage said dog whereby to hold the lever locked.

8. In a device of the character described, the combination of a supporting-framework, clamping-arms longitudinally movable and rotatable in said framework and designed to secure a wheel thereon, and means for simultaneously moving said arms longitudinally.

9. In a device of the character described, the combination of a supporting-framework, clamping-arms longitudinally movable and rotatable in said framework and designed to secure a wheel thereon, and means for simultaneously rotating said arms.

10. In a device of the character described, the combination of a supporting-framework, a plurality of clamping-arms longitudinally movable and rotatable in said framework, an actuating-rod arranged to move both rotatably and longitudinally, means for moving said rod in both directions, a connection between said clamping-arms and said rod arranged to move said arms and rod together in a longitudinal direction, and another connection between said arms and rod, said latter connection being arranged to rotate said arms by the rotation of said rod.

11. In a device of the character described, the combination of a supporting-framework, one or more clamping-arms longitudinally movable and rotatable 1n said framework, an

actuating-rod also movable longitudinally and in a rotary manner in said framework, a gearing connection between said actuatingrod and clamping-arms and arranged to move the rod and arms in both directions simultaneously and a foot-treadle operatively connected to said rod to actuate the same and arranged for locking engagement with the framework.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OTTO G. KLEIN. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

J. O. ROCKMAN, M. R. MARTIN. 

